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Fire-fighting equipment

Fire extinguisher

FES001 sign: Fire extinguisher
red square
IMO code
FES001
ISO 7010 number
F001
The crew says
extinguisher

Where you will meet it

At the extinguishers all over the ship: alleyways, engine room, galley, stores, bridge.

What it means in practice

A portable fire extinguisher hangs here. The extinguishing medium (powder, foam, CO2) is described on the extinguisher itself.

Legal basis

Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of fire-fighting equipment markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Requirements for the equipment: SOLAS chapter II-2 and the FSS Code. Fire control plan symbols are a separate set (table 3 of the annex), not covered by this card.

This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.

Download

Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).

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